Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, Rony Bill assembled some asciibets to say:
This should conclude the thread on multimedia in linux. :)
> nope. we're still awaiting your in depth howto which will summarise
everything you've been through so that others get there easier. :)
Sure, my pleasure.
First, install FC4 as a normal desktop and select additional packages
during installation itself. Select the kde desktop as well as all
possible multimedia applications and players. For office, do select pdf
viewers. For internet select thunderbird and firefox, even though they
are older versions. Once the system is up with net access, then download
this page
http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Linux_Installation_Notes
and store it as a saved page so it can be read without disturbing any
downloads.
In that page, Stanton suggests a full installation, but that is not
necessary. Now directly go to the 'Yum' part. Follow the instructions
to the core and in order to avoid spelling mistakes, if necessary use
copy/paste for the scripting files created in gedit. Copy/paste works in
the gui konsole too. Once yum is installed, do a yum update but after
some package headers are downloaded, crtl+c can be used to stop that as
the list is very big and never ending. Install other packages too as
mentioned in the site page. Go step by step as the page says. I found
the yum installation in command line the best way to install packages.
Among the players, the videolan-client was the best one to play vcds and
dvds.
Yum is a very nice package manager that integrates with rpm sites across
the net and synchronizes your requirements with the latest available
updates. With yum any available package can be installed. It has a nice
feature of looking for dependencies and downloading then along with the
main package and install everything smoothly. It tells everything thats
happening in well organized text messages on the console. Next, update
the firefox and thunderbird using 'yum update firefox thunderbird'.
Thats all that is needed for a good FC4 package installation.
I have a query about yum. How does yum work with older distros? For how
long is an rpm available on the sites after new distros come out? For
safety, should all the packages be saved in a local folder so that even
if they go off the net, they are always available? Can the packages be
saved like that?
Regards,
Rony.
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